The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of
the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HUW DAVID JONES
and KENT PATRAS
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Appeal No. 2001-2139
Application 09/189,643
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Huw David Jones et al. appeal from the final rejection of
claims 6 through 10, all the claims pending in the
application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a method for coating a blood
sample collection tube” (specification, page 1).
Representative claim 6 reads as follows:
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